pruitt's record. competitive enterprise institute is in some ways funded by the fossil fuel industry, but scott pruitt was a friend to the fossil fuel industry, to put it mildly, in oklahoma. there is a famous incident of him basically copy-pasting an email or concern directly from the e.p.a. at the hearings he said he understands it is an incredibly important job especially when it comes to the rule in regulating co2. >> jeremy mentioned the 14 lawsuits. i'm proud my organization is a co-playoff with attorney general scott pruitt in several of these lawsuits. these are meant to shrink e.p.a.'s overreach, its illegal regulatory overreach. i think, when you look at oklahoma, oklahoma is a big oil and gas producer. they're proud of it. they produce the energy we use. of course, scott pruitt supports that industry. it's oklahoma's major industry, and it helps the entire nation. so i think, if you look back at what president trump said in the campaign, he said, i want to get rid of the regulatory rampage

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pruitt did. first, he reallspent lavishly the taxpayers funds on his own -- you know, his own purposes including consistently traveling first classying in high-end hotels, eating at fancy restaurand expanding his security detail to the extent that, again, that and, you know, retaining higher-end suvs for hior trantion, a whole slew of expenses related to his own operations. on top of that, h he entered into, for example, a controversial rental arrangement for the first six months of his ten your he wife of a lobbyist, herself a lobbyist o capitol hill where he only paid $50 a night on the nights he stayed there and that reallyue raisedions especially as over time it emerged that the husband of this lobbyist who was the chairman of the law firm williams and jensen had repeatedly contacted the e.p.a. on official business, raising questions about conflict of interest. there were other expenses, edcluding the fact that mr. pruitt insta a $43,000 soundproof phone booth in hisof ce, and there were char

so many investigaonsnto scott pruitt right now. can you tell us about the most recent allegation against him? >> the laest disclosures shed new light on the extent to whimh strator pruitt relied on his personal aides to do personal errands, specifically a former associate administrator told congressional investigators last week thaitt pruencouraged her to conct an association where she and pruitt both worked to encourage or seek out a jobf for his on top of the earlier disclosures that aides for pruitt contacted a chick-fil-a executive to acquire about a franchise opportunity for pruitt's wie, and that se accepted a $2,000 payment from a manhattan nonprofit group to work at a conference pruitt spoke at last year. >> there is also a reent allegation he retaliated against employees who raised concern about his behavior. what is the concern andga alon there? >> the concern and allegation is a number of employees found themsees shifted to another jobs or moved to other locations after they rised questions about his spending or question

administrator scott pruitt. his appearances before two house committees today were ostensibly about budget matters. ht lawmakers put him on t seat for all sorts of different reasons. di a moment, jeffrey brown talks with lisa desj about the politics and the policy at issue. but we begin with lisa's look at pruitt's day on capitol hill. in desjardins: long a ligh rod on environmental policy, this was e.p.a. chief scott pruitt first chance to address a recent slew of scandals with congress. he insisted those were distractions and has nothing to hide. >> i'm here and i welcome the chance to be here to set the record straight in these areas. ve no illusions to what is really going on here. those who have attacked the e.p.a. and aacked me are doing so because they want to attack and derail the president's agenda and undermine this administration's priorities. desjardins: pruitt is under at least ten investigations, one questioning large raor two staffers, several on spending for personal security, luxury avel and tho

pruitt has also vigorously fought the e.p.a.'s "clean power plan," which set unprecedented caps on carbon pollution by power plants. and, he's repeatedly sued the agency, on the clean power plan, as well as limits on methane emissions and other regulations. transition spokesman sean spicer defended pruitt's approach on the newshour last night. >> it is a very big difference to care about whether or not we're toting to the agenda of the far extreme left that is a job-killing, regulation-type agenda that wants to put businesses out of business, or people who actually care about the environment and whose goal is clean air, clean water, making sure that we preserve our natural resources. >> woodruff: one issue in the confirmation hearings may be oil and gas industry contributions to pruitt's campaigns. a "new york times" investigation in 2014 found that pruitt's office sent letters to the e.p.a. and president obama that were largely written by energy industry lobbyists. pruitt, in turn, defended his right to ally with what he called

>> pruitt trump administration. i mean, theclean power plant, spe waters, the methane rule, the coal al rule. i could go on and on. the number of rules thajust this -- the 54.4mph standard he says is going to be up for reconsideraon as of 2025 for cars. poe automakers were thersing with him in a photo today. the industry is embracinganim supportive of all the changes he's making. this is just what president trump wants the e.p.a. to be doing. on the one hand he's creating a distraction with ethics issues that are uncomfortable for theus white on the other hand, he's perhaps the most aggressive advocate of the deregulatory push trump wants. it will be a tough position for what to do. if thinks get much worsehis status becomes more of a question mark, but right now hen cos to lead the charge for the administration on this deregulatory push. >> brangham: eric lipton, kathleen clark, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: u.s. policy toward syria has been a hotly argued subject here in washington, ever sin

pruitt's first classravel and oth activities. and mr.ly who by all accounts had taken a serious role, a policy-oriented role at the department is under scrutiny for some of his financial dealings back in oklahoma. >> as we said initlly, scott ruitt is under 11 different investigations, and manyw dered why he is still in this job, but obviously the predent still has full faith in him. many pointed out this is pbably because he has b so tenacious in undoing president obama's environmental regulations. one has beenowering, apparently, the fuel emissions standards for automobiles. this was a big part of thebama legacy and something that scott pruitt has been rolling back on. this week california and 16th o states said they are going to file suit to try to block the e.p.a. from lowering the national standards. from an automaker perspective, if you are looking and wondering at california and some states anand e.p.a. arguing something e blse, it has tough on the industry. >> yes, a few yars we're talking about model 2022 which goes on salen 202

administrator scott pruitt, tonight.is under fire over a low-cost condo rental, big pay raises for his aides and pric travel. today, mr. trump tweeted that pruitt is "doing a great job but is totally under siege." later, white house press secretary sarah sanders echoed the pport, but said an ethic review is ongoing. >> the president feels that the administrator ne a good job at e.p.a. he's restored it back to itsal origurpose of protecting the environment. he's gotten unnecessary regulations out of the way. we're continuing to review any of the concerns that we have. and i'll keep you posted on if there's anything--( reporters crosstalk ) --if there's anything further on that front. >> woodruff: this was also h.r. mcmaster's last day as natnal security adviser. the president removed him, over policy and personality differences. hundreds of staffers auded mcmaster today, as he left the white house with his wife. former u.n. ambassador john bolt replaces him on monday. and now to put the president's week in coext, our whit

pruitt negotiated a deal and ordered further study, ending the legal fight.ocrats pointed to campaign contributions pruitt had received from poultry company officials. but republicans focused on what they see as economic harm and bureaucratic barriers raised by the e.p.a. republican senator deb fischer of nebraska: >> as a result of the activist role the e.p.a. has played for the past eight years, families are concerned about the futures of their livelihood. what steps will you take as e.p.a. administrator to provide relief for american families that are faced truly with an onslaught of e.p.a. rules? >> it's very important that process be adhered to, to give voice to all americans in balancing the environmental objectives we have, but also the economic harm that results. the supreme court has spoken consistently of that. i would seek to lead the e.p.a. in such a way to ensure openness and transparency. >> reporter: scott pruitt is expected to confirmed by the full senate, with support from all 51 senate republicans. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >>

now, pruitt has started a process to kill it outright. we invited scott pruitt to join us tonight. the e.p.a. did not get back to us. we get two views on this decision now, beginning with gina mccarthy, who headed the e.p.a. for president obama and was an architect of the plan. she's now at the kennedy school at harvard university. gina mccarthy, thanks so much for joining us. first, let me ask you about your reaction to what you heard today. >> it doesn't surprise me. it's a campaign promise they pledged to get rid of actions that would protect our kids and their future. that's exactly what this is. so there are surprises in it, but i'm not surprised they proved forward with theory peel of this rule. >> yang: what are some of the surprises? >> well, i was surprised they decided to repeal the rule without proposing anything else in its stead because of the science dictates and as the law dictates, the e.p.a.'s obligated to regulate carbon pollution from this sector. so it surprises me that they weren't a little bit more sensitive to court challenges and what the courts have been te

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was one of many attempts by scott pruitt and the e.p.a. to push back on obama era regulations they don't like. does what the court ruled in this particular case have any bearing on the other attempts in other realms to roll back implications? >> this rule appears to have implication, not only for scott pruitt and the e.p.a. but the interior department, labor department, other agencies. these are are always where an effort is underway to revoke the obama era rules and the court said, for now, the task is harder than you thought, you can't just freeze them in place and you're going to face serious obstacles in yore way because there will be folks on the outside challenging it, and we think they have merit and you need to take a different course if you're going to revisit some of these rules. >> with regards to other environmental regulations, most notably the president backed out of the paris climate accord or said the u.s. would back out of it, and i knew scott pruitt was among many arguing with that. there was a big debate within the admin

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pruitt, you know, is now the administrator. also, nasa and noaa and international groups of scientists have found this as well for many decades now. the interesting thing is that it didn't just put him at odds with scientists or with environmental groups. you know, even large-- some of the nation's largest businesses now agree that the climate is warming in this way and that this is a problem that needs to be dealt with, companies like shell and conocophillips, and others, expon, have supported the paris climate agreement which aims to tackle this problem. >> sreenivasan: if the headline of the e.p.a. doesn't believe climate changed is cause by humans or carbon dioxide. >> it raises a lot of policy qelz and all you have to do is look back to the last administration. the obama administration made this a priority and probably the signature effort was a regulation known as the clean power plan, which sought to limit carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's power plants. scott pruitt, as oklahoma attorney general, sued over that,

i think coal and energy, they love scott pruitt. they lovscott pruitt. pruitt himself told fox news >> yang: pruitt himself told fox news yesterday that he is dumbfounded by questions about his condo lease. he also said he does not think his job is in jeopardy. startling new numbers today shed more light on the economic tollf he u.s. opioid epidemic. the kaiser family foundation reports large employers spentn $2.6 billion16 to cover costs of addiction and overdoses. that's up from $300,000 in 2004, a more than eight-fold increase. the mber of opioid prescriptions has actually fallen across all major disease categories, as employers limit insurance coverage. and, on wall street, stocks rose on increased optimism that china and the united states can work out their trade dispute. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 241 points to close at 24,505. the nasdaq rose 34 points, and the s&p 500 added 18. still to come on the newshour: president trump orders the national guard to the u.s.- mexican border. can facebook regain its user trust? judy sits dow

head, pruitt's security detail is nearly $3-million. that's according to a new report from the associated press. it details pruitt's use of a 20- person security detail, which is about three times biggeethan former head of the agency. the $3-million includes first- class travel for pruitt and his security chief during business trips. his security detail also accompanied pruitt during weekend trips to his home in oklahoma and on a familyli vacation to rnia-- which included a visit to disney land. an.p.a. spokesperson said that pruitt's increased security was due to an unprecedented number of threa family.t him and his the agency did not offer any specific examples of such threats. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is challging how evidence being used in the criminal case against him as par tt russia investigation was gathered. a redacted search warrant affidavit shows that f.b.i. agents working for special counsel the records during a search of his storage unit last may. now, manafort is claiming that agents entered the proper

pruitt. mr. pruitt, you recall, when he was the attorney general of oklahoma, he sued the e.p.a.an a dozen times and more recently as the newly appointed e.p.a. administrator said, carbon dioxide is not even a greenhouse gas. >> brown: miles o'brien, thanks as always. >> you're welcome, jeff. >> woodruff: now, how an unsolved murder in the nation's capital turned into a conspiracy theory, and then became a case study of one kind of fake news. it underscores, once again, the problem of polarized politics and alternative realities. john yang reports. >> to the extent of my ability, i am not going to stop trying to find the truth. >> reporter: the story of seth rich's death is a story of how "fake news" spreads, from websites and online forums like reddit, to prime-time cable tv. >> murder investigation. >> reporter: early one morning last july, 27-year-old rich was found fatally shot near his washington, d.c. home. politics had drawn the omaha native to the city, and he was working at the democratic national committee when he died. the case is still unsolved. d.c. police theorize i

. >> sreenivasan: the head of the environmental protection agency- - scott pruitt-- has launched a formal process to review and challenge mainstream climate science. the critique will reportedly be modeled on how the u.s. military identifies battlefield vulnerabilities. emily holden from "e and e" news's "climatewire" broke the story on friday and joins me now from washington to discuss it. >>> what we know so far is essentially that administrator pruitt wants to recruit scientists to work on this red team, blue team to sort of look at any potential vulnerability or uncertainty in climb change report, the blue team would be the team producing and defending the reports > > sreenivasan: this kind of flies in the face of peer-reviewed scientific journals >> that's what you heard from the scientific community response to this, they're saying this is how science is made, before we publish anything on climate change or any other matter we've had it reviewed by other scientists who have looked to see we've done everything correctly and come to the correct conclusions. > > sreenivasan: what about

administrator scott pruitt. pruitt testified before two house committees earlier this week. a letter to democratic members of congress released yesterday, e.p.a. inspector general arthur elkins, jr., said hifi will investigate several questions about pruitt's conduct. th ilude excessive travel expenses, a $50-a-night condo rental fr t wife of an energy lobbyist, and the use of a government security detail during personal trips. the white house, the government accountability ongffice and ssional committees are all looking into ethics complaints against pruitt >> stewart: last month, the environmental protection agency proposed more than a dozen rule changes that would weaken regulations on the dl of coal ash, the byatoduct produced coal-burning power plants. around the same time, the associated press reported that dozens of coal plants across the u.s. had found heightened levels of pollutants like arsenic and radium in groundwater near coal ash dumping sites. in togmnight's signature t, we look at one city in puerto rico where residents say coa ash is making them sick, a stat

pruitt left in july amid scandals over his spending and other alleged abuses. and, on wall street, amazon briefly joined apple as the only mpanies valued at $1 trillion, then, retreated below that mark later in the day. overall, the dow jones industrial average lost pointso close at 25,952. the nasdaq fell 18 points,0 nd the s&p 50ipped four. still to come on t newshour: the ancient casualties of a museum fire in brazil. nike takes a risk by featuring colin kaepernick in its latest ad campaign. billie jean king's legacy on and off the court, plus much more. >> woodruff: there's a new book about the trump white house that useshe term "nervous breakdown" to describe what's chppened inside the executive brf government. it's just one of many elements that add up to ae,ritical pictn the book by journalist bob woodward, titled "fear." the award-winning "washington post" editor chronicles how a cabinet member removed documents from the president's desk so he wouldn't sign em and quotes the chief of staff saying, "he's gone off the rails. we're in crazy town." robert c

pruitt is known for opposing e.p.a. climate change regulations. this, after the incoming commander in chief officially introduced retired marine general james mattis as his selection for secretary of defense at a rally last night in fayetteville, north carolina. mattis would need a waiver from congress to accept the position because he's been out of the service less than seven years. >> what a great guy, he's going to be incredible. he'll get that waiver, right? he's going to get that. ohh, if he didn't get that waiver, there'd be a lot of angry people. >> reporter: the stop in north carolina is part of a clear ramp-up of travel for mr. trump. tomorrow he'll be in columbus, ohio, to meet with responders to the ohio state campus attack last week, then a thank you rally in des moines, iowa. friday, the stops are baton rouge, louisiana to support the republican senate candidate in a runoff, and another thank you rally in grand rapids, michigan. president-elect trump has said his biggest remaing pick, secretary of state, will be announced next week. t

s pruitt said the president has made clear he's willing to work with anyone on a better deal. when pressed on whether mr. trump actually believes that humans play a role in climate change, pruitt skirted the question. >> the discussions the president and i have had over the last several weeks have been focused on one key issue: is paris good or bad for this country? he determined it was bad for our country. it hurt us economically. it didn't achieve good environmental outcomes. and he made the decision to reject the paris deal. >> woodruff: meanwhile, oil prices tumbled amid speculation the u.s. withdrawal would boost domestic oil production, adding to an already saturated global supply. we will put some of the facts and claims behind climate change into context, right after the news summary. in the day's other news, u.s. employers pulled back a bit on hiring last month, but the unemployment rate still dropped, to the lowest in 16 years. the labor department's monthly report showed a net gain of 138,000 jobs in may. that lowered the unemployment rate by a tenth of a point, to

pruitt demanded that d.o.j. return the records and destroy any copies, but this afternoon, attorney general holder said he had recused himself at the start of the probe. instead he said deputy attorney general james kohl authorized the subpoena for the a.p. records >> i don't know all that went into the formulation of the subpoena. this was a very serious leak and a very, very serious leak. i've been a prosecutor since 1976 and i have to say that this is among if not the most serious it's within the top two or three most serious leaks i've ever seen. it put the american people at risk. that is not hyperbole. it put the american people at risk. and we're trying to determine who is responsible far required aggressive action. >> woodruff: holder suggested the focus is on government officials who did the leaking more than on reporters. >> we've investigated cases on the basis of the facts, not as a result of a policy to get the press or to do anything of that nature. the facts in the law have dictated our actions in

h supp has sa performed personal tasks for pruitt, on government time. first lady melania trump has made her first public appearance in almost a month. she joined her husband at a bonriefinhe u.s. hurricane season. until then, she had not been seen outside the white house since a kidney procedure in early may. on twitter, the president eclared that theories about his wife's status were "all fake." he said, "she is doing really well." and, several thousand people gathered today at arlington national cemetery to mark 50 years since bert f. kennedy s assassinated.ne he died on , 1968, after being shot in los angeles. he had just won california's democratic presidenrimary. at today's ceremony, former president bill clinton said kennedy's message resonates now more th ever. >> he would stand in a synagogue and say the same thing as he'd say at a knights of cumbus meeting.d and if we d a large muslim population back then, he would have gone to them and said, "you too can be part of america, u share our values and o vision." >> woodruff: robert f. kennedy was 4

pruitt gave no reason for their departures. but both men's names had been mentioned in ongoing probes into pruitt's ethics and travel. and stocks were mixed on wall se treet today. dow jones industrial average lost 64 points to cse at 24,099. t4 he nasdaq rosein, and the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: more of my interview with former fct.b.i. di james comey. what's next for the caravan of iigmmrants that has reached the u.s., mexico border. end rethinking what it means to be a college st and much more. >> woodru: special counsel robert mueller has a list of almost 50 questions for president trump, as part of the investigation into possible ties tfo russia and obstruction justice. that's according to a "new york times" report out today. mr. trump's legal tpm has not ublicly confirmed if he will down for an interview. but the president did weigh in on twitter, calling release of the questions "so disgraceful" and repeating the probe is a "russian witch hunt." we breakdown it all down with former federal prosecu

climate change and that problem is not going away. >> sreenivasan: and speak of climate change, scott pruitt claims he is not interested in participating in the paris accords, but he's not exactly the person that can make that decision. it's not a unilateral one. that takes quite a bit of time. >> yes, it's really interesting the debate that is happening within the white house over what to do on the paris accords. first because for president trump, that was a signature campaign promise. his exact words were he would cancel the paris climate change accord. that's technically not possible to do. you can't rip up a multilateral accord that's been legally ratified and signed by over 190 countries. but the u.s. could withdraw, could legally withdraw, and that would be a huge blow to the accord. what's happening right now, though, a lot of president trump's sort of core base supporters and advisers have urged him to go ahead and act on that, to announce he's going to withdraw. he's got another set of advisers who are saying, "look, the diplomatic fallout globally fr from-- from withdrawing the uni

administrator, scott pruitt.is still under fire over potential ethical lapsesnd spending issues. >> mr. president! do you still have confiden in administrator pruitt, mr. president? >> yes, i do, thank you. ca reporter: white house aide kelly sadler als under criticism today. she reportedly dismissed senator john mccain's opposition to c.i.a. nominee gina haspel. mccain has brain cancer, and several news accounts quoted sadler as saying: "it doesn't matter, he's dying anyway." mccain's daughter, meghan, responded on "the view." i on't understand what kind of environment you're working in when that would be acceptable t and you can cowork the next day and still have a job. >> reporter: the white house today refused to confirm sadler's comment, but did sayl she strks for the white house. it did previously put out a statement saying, "we respect senator mccain's service to our nation." for the pbs newshour, i' yamiche alcindor. >> nawazin the day's other news, violence erupted again at gaza's border with israel. gaz

adminator scott pruitt are all under investigation by their department's internal watchdogs. last year, health and humanrv es secretary tom price quit after his use of privateas planeseported. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: we explore these violations further now with: reporter lisa rein of the "washington post," and kathleen clark, a professor of law at u washingtversity in st. louis, who works on issues of government ethics. and weelcome both of you to the program. lisa rein, you're the reporter here. i'm going to start with you. so what secretary shulkin is saying, he called it the "thread ofias" in this report. it doesn't appear to baccurate or objective? how do we know what the inspector general found is accurate? >> well, secretary shulkin has pushed back very, very hd against this report. he's hired a team of lawyers. he's hir a p.r. firm, which is pretty unusual. he -- some things he ds not deny. for example, his chief of staff, who the inspector general said doctored an email to ense that shulkin's wife would be able to travel to europe expense-fre

illegalnt $43,000 on a soundproof communications booth for pruitt's use.ready under fire overfi t-class flights and a bargain condo lease linked to an energy lobbyist. meanwhile, an inspector general's report found interior secretary ryan zinke could have avoided taking a $12,000 charter flight las year. a powerful spring storm moved out of the northeast and mid- ainantic today after lea heavy snow and damage across a wide swath of the nation. severe wind blasted damagedre >> ily looked like a war zone, and we have to remember that people are living these conditions. today, today everybody is grateful jtt to be alive as we are grateful that they are alive. they are going to be living under some very difficult conditions for a very long time. >> woodruff: to the north, the system dumped two feet of snow in wisconsin and minneso over the weekend, and broke records for april snowfall all across the upper midwes in china: the widely used microc blog site "weibo" has reversed its decision to censor gay content, after a public backlash. the company initially sai

job opportun >> reporter: tangier native nina pruitt has workeat the school for 36 years, the last 14rincipal. >> we have four senils now. three of them, want to be nurses. and they know thers only so many nurses that tangier island can support and they know that there is not a choice about coming because there's nothing to do. >> reporter: for many of tangier's young meit's a choice between following their elders onto the water or moving away. >> i love working on the water but it's not guaranteed money. i mean, today i could make a couple of thousand dollars. tomorrow, i could go backwards and lose a couple hundred dollars. >> reporter: we met 19-year-old cameron evans on his first vis back to tangier after he left for virginia's wesleyan university in norfolk, virginia. >> it's a big change. i mean, i had only six people in my class. now i've got 400 some people in va class. >> reporter: considers himself a tangierman through and through-- he crabs in the mmers and hunts ducks in the winters-- but his professional interests-- photography and maybe journalism-- would be hard to purs

pruitt takes atm dept that has some ties to the wife ofta lobbyist.t the biggest scandal in the history of the rep rick, it's just somebody who goes in with a mentality of i'm here to serve the people and country, it doesn't feel right to do that. alarm bells going off in your head ofny normal person, that's going to hurt my capacity to do my work. the fact the alarm bells didn' go off suggests the shift in capacity from private to pubctlc has not happened, they haven't crossed the mental leap mark described that you can be corporate lawyer, do all that, and it's perfectly fie but, when you do public service, you're entering difaferent lm, you're probably not going to get fly first class which you're used to, there will be sacrifice bus you do it because you feel it's the right thing. ferentdruff: it's a dif recommend and typically the vetting is tough to get these jobs in the administration. >> it is, and the piece you ntedioned in the post poi out they started with a far smaller pool of talent. most administrions start with 30300 -- 300,000 names. t

the real issue is how much we contribute to it and measuring that with precision. >> sreenivasan: pruitt, whose appointment was fought by environmental activists, said last month that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels were not a, "primary contributor" to global warming. chicago police have made their first arrest for the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, which was streamed live on facebook two weeks ago. police say the attack involved up to six males and was watched by approximately 40 people, none of whom called the authorities. police yesterday arrested a 14- year-old boy who they describe as "one of the offenders in the video." the video was brought to the police by the victim's mother. the teen has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, as well as manufacturing and disseminating child pornography. today, police obtained an arrest warrant for another teen, and say they're working with facebook to identify other suspects. how might president trump's proposed budget cuts to the superfund program affect the cleanup of america's toxic waste sites? vi